Nigella sativa: A Dietary Supplement as an Immune-Modulator on the Basis of Bioactive Components.

ABSTRACT: Nutrients can be considered as functional foods, which exert physiological benefits on immune system. The seeds of Nigella sativa, which have many active constituents, are mainly used for medicine, food spice, and nutritional supplements in Egypt. Much attention has been paid to N. sativa seeds for their anticancer, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and immune properties. However, their active constituents and mechanisms underlying functions from N. sativa seeds is unclear. Thus, the bioactive constituents with immune regulation in N. sativa seeds were systematically studied. A new compound (3-methoxythymol-6-O-β-D-apiofuranosyl-(1→6)-β-D-glucopyranoside 1) and 11 known compounds (2-12) were separated from the N. sativa seeds by chrom

SUBMITTER: Niu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8415885 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature